# US 2012/0211577 A1 · Vegetable Cutting Machine

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- Number: US 2012/0211577 A1
- Document ID: US20120211577A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/359,148
- Filed: 2012-01-26
- Published: 2012-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 2011-01-27
- Assignees: Sammic, S.L.
- Inventors: Javier Hidalgo García; Aitor Aguirrezabalaga Zubizarreta
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120211577A1

## CPC

- B26D 7/00: Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting (cutters B26D1/00; arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools B26B29/06; punching tools or dies, cutting-out knives or dies B26F)
- A47J 43/046: with tools driven from the bottom side
- A47J 43/0783: {activated by the proper positioning of a separate food chute on the cover}
- B26D 1/29: with cutting member mounted in the plane of a rotating disc, e.g. for slicing beans
- B26D 7/0608: {by pushers (B26D7/0616, B26D7/0625 and B26D7/0641 take precedence)}
- B26D 7/0641: {using chutes, hoppers, magazines}
- B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A food cutting machine including a base housing a motor, a cover for the base housing a cutting disk, a feeder part joined to the cover, and a feeder mouth which houses a presser to push the food. The presser and food feeder parts are easily removable. Additionally, the presser (4) incorporates a safety lever (15) which activates the power supply switch of the motor (32).

## Claims

### Claim 1

Vegetable cutting machine, applicable to the action of cutting vegetables as well as to the treatment and processing of other types of products such as, for example, cheeses, bread, etc., the machine being structured from a base (1) constituting the motor unit, a cover (2) that closes off the top of the base and which provides a cavity for housing the food processing and cutting disk (8), a food feeder part (3) positioned in a manner that can fold over the cover (2) and connected to the latter in a manner that can be dismounted by means of a removable shaft (9), provided with a mouth (5) for feeding food, and a presser (4) having a curvilinear longitudinal outline, connected in a folding manner at one of its ends to a support (10) solid with the aforesaid food feeder part (3) and provided with holding means at the end opposite to the folding end, provided with a cylindrical tubular projection (6) which is housed inside the aforesaid food feeder mouth (5) and which admits the insertion inside it of a food plunger (7), also having a cylindrical shape, the machine being activated by means of an electrical motor (32) mounted on a corresponding support and from which motion is transferred to an output shaft (33) that drives the aforesaid food processing and cutting disk (8),
characterised in that the connection between the presser (4) and the support (10) solid with the food feeder part (3), is likewise a dismountable connection materialised through a removable shaft (11) configured for an efficient interlock in its operating position;
in that the machine also incorporates a blocking device between the food feeder part (3) and the cover (2) of the machine which enables the stable selection of the position of the aforesaid blocking device in correspondence with the open or closed condition of the aforesaid food feeder part (3), and
in that the motor support (31) consists of a support plate configured in such a way that it allows all the driving and motion transfer components of the machine to be mounted on it, together with watertight elements for its mounting and assembly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the holding means associated to one end of the presser (4) consists of a turning handle (12) made up of a cylindrical body provided with a longitudinal axial through-hole prepared for mounting between two curvilinear and parallel arms (4a) with the help of a shaft (13) inserted between the through-holes (4b) made in the aforesaid arms (4a) and secured into its operating position by means of stop screws (14) applied at each one of its ends,
and in that the pivoting shaft (11) and folding connection of the presser (4) on the opposite end of the handle is coupled to the end of the presser and to the support (10) with the help of ferrules (18, 18′), of which one ferrule (18′) constitutes a retaining element for the aforesaid pivoting shaft (11) to which effect it is configured in such a way that it presents an annular slot (11a) prepared to host inside a retaining rib (18a) shaped into the inside of a ring-shaped cut made in the aforesaid ferrule (18′).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

Machine according to claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the pivoting end of the presser (4) also includes a lever (15) for activating the opening and closing mechanisms of the switch that electrically powers the motor (32) of the machine, the lever (15) being connected to the end of the presser (4) by means of a ferrule (16) for the passage of the pivoting shaft (11) and a fastener (17) of the type screw, pin, or similar.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the piece (22) constituting the blocking device of the food feeder (3) in respect of the cover (2), connected in a pivoting manner to the food feeder part (3) by means of a fastening screw (24) which passes through a transversal hole made in the aforesaid part in an approximately centred position and with one end configured in the form of a hook (22a) for separable coupling with a pin (23) solid with the machine cover (2) when it is in the closed condition, is capable of adopting two stable positions, to which effect, the support (25) on which the screw (24) for folding the piece is threaded includes a cylindrical housing (27) which holds inside a spring (28) that acts on a ball (29) and pushes it to house partially in two approximately semi-spherical cavities made on the internal face of the aforesaid piece (22) in correspondence with the two positions of closed and open.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the food feeder mouth (5) presents an internal portion (30) having a semi-cylindrical shape, which completely hides the middle circle of the disk (8) which does not have a cutting blade.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the plunger (7), of a cylindrical shape, has insertion stopper means consisting of an external perimeter tab (19), the profile of which is divided into four sectors (19a, 19b), of which two sectors (19a) that occupy diametrically opposite positions, present straight edges in correspondence with cuts made following the corresponding circumference bow strings, and of which the other two sectors (19b) interspersed with the two former ones and also occupying diametrically opposite positions, follow the circumferential profile and present thickenings constituting retaining elements, in bayonet mounting form, whereby by manually turning the plunger (7) they are introduced inside an arched slot (20a) made in a side adjacent to a fastener (20) solid with the presser (4) itself.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

Machine according to claim 1, characterised in that the motor support (31) adopts a flat configuration, substantially rectangular, which supports on one side the motor (32) and on the opposite side supports the output shaft (33) by means of which the motion is transferred to the cutting disk (8), to which effect the aforesaid output shaft (33) has a pulley (34) solid with it to which a direct transmission belt (35) is coupled, without the need for any tensor element whatsoever, and activated from the output of the drive shaft (32a) of the electrical motor (32) of the machine.